Can Vitamin C help prevent the common cold?

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Dr. Andrew Weil
	Vitamin C can help prevent the common cold. Lists Vitamin C as important component in bolstering the body against the cold and flu
	11/14/2008 11:18:32 AM

Department of Health (United Kingdom)
	Vitamin C cannot help prevent the common cold. A daily dose of vitamin C did slightly reduce the length and severity of colds
	11/14/2008 11:18:27 AM

Food and Drug Administration
	Vitamin C cannot help prevent the common cold. There is no conclusive evidence that vitamin C can prevent colds or relieve symptoms.
	11/14/2008 11:18:21 AM

Procter & Gamble Co.
	Vitamin C can help prevent the common cold. Makers of cold/flu medicines that include Vitamin C medicinal claims
	11/14/2008 11:18:12 AM

National Institutes of Health
	Vitamin C cannot help prevent the common cold. Vitamin C may only be useful in case of a cold if you have low levels of this nutrient to begin with.
	11/14/2008 11:18:05 AM

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	Vitamin C cannot help prevent the common cold. No conclusive data has shown that large doses of vitamin C prevent colds; they may reduce the severity or duration of symptoms, but there is no definitive evidence.
	11/14/2008 11:17:50 AM